Convoy battles of World War II explained

Convoy Battles of World War II occurred when convoys of warships protected cargo ships assembled for mutual defense and were attacked by submarines, surface ships and/or aircraft. Most were in the North Atlantic from 1939 to 1943 and involved attacks by U-boat wolfpacks. Convoy battles also occurred in the Arctic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and western Pacific Ocean.

Battles

width=100px" ConvoyEscortDate Located[1] WarshipsBombersU-boatsShips SunkGRT lost
Convoy HX 6524 August 1940123[2] 742,311
Convoy HX 7220 September 194091172,727
Convoy SC 716 October 194072079,592
Convoy HX 7919 October 194051275,069
Convoy HX 845 November 1940Scheer533,331
Convoy HX 901 December 194071173,958
Convoy HG 538 February 1941Hipper51915,218
Convoy SL 6412 February 1941Hipper732,806
Convoy OB 2937 March 19414227,206
Convoy HX 1125th EG15 March 19415534,505
Convoy SC 261 April 194181051,969
Convoy OB 3183rd EG7 May 19414950,985
Convoy HX 12619 May 194111951,862
Convoy OG 6924 July 19418711,303
Convoy OG 7117 August 194181015,185
Convoy SC 42NEF 24th EG9 September 1941191668,259
Convoy HG 7319 September 194151025,818
Operation HalberdForce H25 September 19412 × BB6211112,427
Convoy SC 48EG 4.1.1515 October 194191149,835
Convoy HG 7636th EG16 December 194110418,383
Convoy NA 231 January 1942411,190
ON 67TU 4.1.521 February 19425854,750[3]
Second Battle of Sirte (Convoy MW 10)21 March 1942Littorio93217,031
Convoy PQ 1328 March 19429211,507
Convoy ON 92A-311 May 19426736,284
Convoy ON 100C-18 June 19426520,478
Operation Vigorous (Convoy MW 11)12 June 19426212,915
Operation Harpoon (Convoy GM 4)Force X14 June 1942429,129
Convoy PQ 171st EG1 July 1942202 sorties916102,311
Convoy ON 115C-329 July 194212321,456
Convoy SC 94C-15 August 1942171153,421
Operation Pedestal (Convoy WS.5.21.S)10 August 19423162988,812
Convoy ON 122B-622 August 194214417,235
Convoy ON 127C-49 September 194212851,619
Convoy PQ 1812 September 1942775319,689
Convoy SC 100C-418 September 194217526,331
Convoy QP 1420 September 19427623,474
Convoy RB 123 September 19429311,525
Convoy SC 104B-612 October 194217843,970
Convoy HX 212A-326 October 194213651,918
Convoy SL 12527 October 1942101280,005
Convoy SC 107C-430 October 1942161582,817
Convoy ON 144B-615 November 194213626,321
Convoy ON 153B-715 December 194213419,551
Convoy JW 51B24 December 19422 × Heavy cruiser1
Convoy ONS 154C-126 December 19420[4] 161466,922
Convoy TM 1B-53 January 194314756,453
Convoy SC 118B-24 February 1943201159,765
Convoy ON 166A-321 February 1943191488,001
Convoy UC 144th EG22 February 194311326,682
Battle of the Bismarck Sea (Convoy 81)8 × DD1 March 194310 × MTB114837,324
Convoy SC 121A-36 March 1943261255,661
Convoy HX 228B-310 March 194319525,515
Convoy UGS 612 March 194317428,018
Convoy HX 229B-416 March 1943431393,502
Convoy SC 122B-517 March 194343953,094
Convoy RS 327 March 19437315,389
Convoy HX 231B-74 April 194311641,494
Convoy ONS 5B-728 April 1943551361,958
Convoy TS 3730 April 19431743,255
Convoy SC 13018 May 194325
Convoy JW 55B22 December 1943Scharnhorst2
Convoy JW 56A25 January 19444321,584
Convoy Hi-40[5] Shimushu19 February 19442528,075
Convoy Hi-716th EG17 August 19446573,071
Convoy Hi-818th EG15 November 194416336,100

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Famous Convoy Battles . uboat.net . Guðmundur Helgason . 6 November 2013.
  2. Web site: Convoy HX.65 . Arnold Hague Convoy Database . 9 November 2013.
  3. Web site: Convoy ON.67 . Arnold Hague convoy database . 15 November 2013 .
  4. Web site: Convoy ONS 154. J. Gordon Mumford. 2013-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20110111050815/http://www.gordonmumford.com/m-navy/ons154-0.htm. 11 January 2011. dead.
  5. Web site: Hisendan . Nifty.com . 17 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150216034421/http://homepage3.nifty.com/redkick/vessel/ww2vesseltop/convoytop/hisendan/hisendan.htm . 16 February 2015 . dead.